US President Joe Biden’s calls for OPEC+ to pump more oil may be short-lived as political pressure eases along with gasoline prices over the coming months. US gasoline prices rose 2.4 percent in July from the previous month, taking their 12-month advance to 41.8 percent, according to inflation data. The …
Read More »U.S. and Germany Reach a Deal on Putin’s Pipeline Project
As the Russia-backed Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline nears completion, likely by next month, the U.S. and Germany have struck a deal that would resolve their years-long dispute over the project, according to the Wall Street Journal. A draft proposal under consideration by Washington and Berlin, which was obtained by …
Read More »Biden, Merkel Agree to Disagree on Nord Stream 2
President Biden and Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to disagree on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project of Gazprom during Merkel’s visit to Washington. Per a Reuters report, President Biden said, “Good friends can disagree,” with regard to the pipeline, which the United States opposes with the argument that Russia …
Read More »Oil Prices Loom over Biden Bid to Throttle Drilling Rights Sales
The Biden administration is preparing to release a blueprint for limiting sales of U.S. drilling rights that falls short of the outright ban sought by some environmentalists, as rising oil and gasoline prices highlight the risks of curtailing domestic crude production. A draft of the leasing report has already been …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 Sanctions would Be Counter-Productive for European Ties
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he decided to waive sanctions against the company behind the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline because the project was nearly complete, and doing so could have harmed ties with Europe. Biden, who is preparing for his first visit to Europe and his first …
Read More »Biden Administration to Waive Sanctions for Head of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
The Biden administration plans to waive sanctions against an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who heads the company that is building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, two people with knowledge of the move said Tuesday. The move to invoke a national security waiver for …
Read More »Biden Plans Big Pledge on U.S. Emissions Cuts
President Joe Biden has assured foreign governments that the United States will make steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, a pledge designed to reassert U.S. leadership on climate change and spur other industrial powers to make similar commitments in the run-up to Biden’s climate summit next …
Read More »Biden Looks to Appoint Special Envoy to Kill Russia-Germany Energy Pipeline
The White House is in talks to appoint a special envoy to lead negotiations on halting the construction of Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, current and former U.S. officials said, as the Biden administration grapples with how to stymie a nearly completed energy project that would serve as a …
Read More »Biden Aims to Juice EV Sales
Dangling tax credits and rebates in his drive to fight climate change, United States (US) President Joe Biden wants you to trade your gas-burning car, truck or SUV for a zero-emissions electric vehicle (EV). Some buyers would find his offer persuasive. Yet Biden’s goal is a daunting one: Even if …
Read More »Biden’s Drilling Ban Actually Undermines Emission Targets
The U.S. oil industry has a message to President Joe Biden’s recent climate executive orders involving the oil and gas sector—restricting America’s oil production would increase its reliance on foreign imports of oil with more emissions than the crude pumped from America’s oilfields. Over the past two weeks, President Biden …
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